Sathya Sai Baba Quotes

Be happy. Think, "O Lord, You are my everything. You are my goal. You are my breath." Do not think, "This is mine, that is mine." Instead think, "All is You. All is Yours."

Real happiness lies within you.

People say "I want peace." If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace.

Whatever may be the experience in everyday life, the basci inner Truth should not be forgotten.

Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.

Desire is like the shadow caused by the morning sun; it gets longer when you run to catch it.

Travel light, Arrive quickly.

No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly.

Do your duty and think about God all day from morning to evening. See everything as God.

Truth has to persist unaffected, in the past, present and future. That which is absent in two states, how can it be true.

Your sight must become an insight; it must be turned within and used to purify and clarify your mind.

Love is selflessness, Self is lovelessness.

Whatever happens, the path of virtue should not be given up.

God is one; there are not many Gods, one for each tribe among men.

If the fruit is green it will not fall to the ground even if you beat it with a sharp stick. When it is ripe it falls of its own accord in the silence of the night.

God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body.

Whoever aspires to win the grace of God should cultivate at the outset the quality of Kshama (Forgiveness).

The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised.

The only ache people have nowadays is ache in the stomach due to over eating and lack of exercise!

God can do anything. He has all power in the palm of His Hand. My Body, like all other bodies, is a temporary habitation; but, My Power is eternal, all-pervasive, ever-dominant.

Without Self-confidence there cannot be God. So, first there must be Self-confidence and love of God.

How can I tolerate the slightest inconvenience to them, the women, the children, the sick, the aged, the blind, the decrepit, that come for counsel, consolation, courage and cure?.

Women are concerned about the purity and welfare of the community. ? While the father's love was related to mundane desires, the mother's love was related to spiritual concerns.

After you develop your Self-confidence and love for God then you can share your experiences with others. But it is a good rule to talk very little, even about God.

One without health cannot achieve any small thing.

Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice.

For the progress of humanity, work alone is not adequate, but the work should be associated with love, compassion, right conduct, truthfulness and sympathy.

Oneness of the Divine. It may be given a thousand names such as The Primary Cause / God / Energy / I. All that is created has its Self this Oneness.

In cultivating human values, emphasis should also be placed on avoiding wastage of money, food and time.

I insist on group singing of the names of the Lord.

I know everything that has happened to everybody in the past, everything that is happening now and everything that will happen in the future.

See the Divine in everyone. Eschew hatred and ill will. After years of devotion, many still lack a broad outlook and an all-encompassing love.

Make the mind, the voice and the actions agree in harmony. That is the right way of life.

Duty without love is deplorable.

Everyone should prepare NOW for this change, for I promise you that it will come, and only those who are ready will survive.

The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns us against this error.

Too much of this book knowledge just leads to doubts and confusion. You get too many doubts asking 'what is this?' and 'what is that?', and you waste a lot of time in this conflict.

All religions teach one basic discipline - the removal from the mind of the blemish of egoism, of running after little joys.

I am all deities in one. You may endeavour your best for thousands of years and have all mankind with you in your search. But you cannot understand My Reality.

It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the observance of human values.

Man has boyhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and senescence, as stages of growth; there are also corresponding stages in the growth of wisdom in him.

When the yearning for living ends, there can be no more birth.

There should be a harmonious blend of religion, philosophy and art for man to live healthily in the world.

Leadership is Idealism in Action.

When there is Self-con­fidence then there will be love, there will be peace, there will be truth, there will be God.

Control of senses is an important human value.

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.

The values a man must cherish as his life-breath are: Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non violence.

The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise; some caw in derision. But men should be above the reach of praise and blame.

At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss.